Team

Olivia Uzan

Ms. Uzan is quite passionate about her cases. Some may even call her a “pit bull” in that she fights for her clients with fierce determination, a fact that lawyers in the French community quickly recognize. In a legal battle, you want her on your side.

She was educated at the University La Sorbonne, Paris. She was called to the Paris Bar in 2001. She is bilingual in English and French and she specializes in French divorce proceedings, international divorces, French and American Employment Law and Criminal Law.

Most of her clients live worldwide and are located abroad (USA, Britain, Dubai, South Africa, etc).

Derek T. Smith

Derek T Smith has personally litigated and resolved numerous high profile cases against multi-billion dollar corporations and year after year has attained the highest employment law verdicts in workplace discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits, with his clients receiving millions in damages in these cases.

Attorney Smith is an experienced litigator in the areas of discrimination, sexual harassment, civil rights litigation, employment law and civil litigation. Mr. Smith also studied at the Université de Droit, d’Économie, et des Sciences d’Aix-Marseille in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Top Rated employment attorney by SuperLawyers as one of the top 5% attorneys in employment law in New York City; Top rated attorney by Newsweek; Employment attorney Derek Smith is widely known as one of the top employment & labor law attorney in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

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What our clients say about us

I feel very lucky to have been introduced to Olivia. She is diligent and tenacious, but also patient and good at making things well-understood. And since Olivia is perfectly bi-lingual, clients such as myself benefit from a level of trust and comfort that is important when dealing with legal proceedings in France. I couldn't recommend her enough.

Olivia Uzan is incredibly dedicated and focus on your needs, your case. She always provides you with timely updates and details on the entire process. I highly recommend her services, she has been very helpful throughout the years. Specifically when it comes to dealing with issues between France and the United States.

As a Freelance and founder of Studio HOMEWeRK, a retail design studio based in Berlin and specialized in retail architecture & design.
Working with luxury brands and start ups that are growing very quick, I was urgently in the need of someone
who could accompany me in taking the good decisions to move forward when business relationships became
more serious. I highly recommend Olivia Uzan, she’s a very good lawyer and her dynamism and enthusiasm at work are definitely a plus!

Olivia Uzan is THE attorney you need to fight by your side: she is bully, passionate, enthusiastic. Not only does she have solid legal knowledge, she also is pretty fearless of either judges or opponents. Highly recommended.

Dedicated and passionate, Olivia knows very well how to guide foreign clients in the maze of the French legal system. Whether it is for a divorce or a wrongful termination, you wouldn't like any other lawyer to handle your case.